Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 1990, 4:21 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 1990, 4:21 PM CST (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 1990, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kemper County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Winston County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Neshoba, MS | |
| Feb 3, 4:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Noxubee, MS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMEI 032226
TORMEI
MSC069-099-103-159-032315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
421 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
...KEMPER...EASTERN NESHOBA...NOXUBEE...EASTERN WINSTON
AT 420 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO REPORTED BY SHERIFF 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 2:51 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MSZ013-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 240 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST... AT 230 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRING THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF PORT GIBSON...TO YAZOO CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDER- STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDWARDS...AND NEAR YAZOO CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...VERY HEABY RAIN...AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEYD MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 3:03 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
MSZ013-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMER 16 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST... AT 250 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS FROM JUST EAST OF FAYETTE TO NEAR WINONA. WITHIN THE LINE... STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF EDWARDS...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORA...AND 5 MILES EAST OF YAZOO CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 3:08 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MSZ013-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY .....CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 300 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMER 16 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST... AT 250 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS FROM JUST EAST OF FAYETTE TO NEAR WINONA. WITHIN THE LINE... STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF EDWARDS...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORA...AND 5 MILES EAST OF YAZOO CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 3:26 PM CST, 55 minutes before
MSZ013-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 330 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMER 16 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST... AT 325 PM CST...JACKSON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER- STORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT GIBSON TO NEAR PICKENS. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST 5 MILES SDUTH OF UTICA...AND NEAR PICKENS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LO;CATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF PRENTISS IN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...HEAVY RAIN ...AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 3:56 PM CST, 25 minutes before
MSZALL-032230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 355 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 16 NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A OXFORD TO VICKSBURG LINE... AT 350 PM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 16 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A OXFORD TO VICKSBURG LINE...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PMY ELSEWHERE OVER MISSISSIPPI. IT APPEARS THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS SHIFTING INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:14 PM CST, 7 minutes before
MSZALL-032230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 410 PM CST SAT FEB 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 16 NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A OXFORD TO VICKSBURG LINE...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE UNTIL 8 PM. AT 405 PM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTHERN...AND PORTIONS OF OUR NORTH- EAST COUNTIES. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LoOCATED OVER JACKSON...NEAR TAYLORSVILLE NEAR CARTHAGE AND NEAR PHILADELPHIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 39 min |
| Feb 2, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 39 min |
| Feb 2, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 36 min |
| Feb 2, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 26 min |
| Feb 2, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 2, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 38 min |
| Feb 2, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 9:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Tallahatchie | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 9:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| Feb 2, 10:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yalobusha | 33 min |
| Feb 2, 10:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 10:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 28 min |
| Feb 2, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 34 min |
| Feb 3, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 32 min |
| Feb 3, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 35 min |
| Feb 3, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Feb 3, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Feb 3, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Feb 3, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 48 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.